Chapter VIII: Civil Unrest
Several fast horses, Gan Erlang rode one, Liu Hanchang rode one, Lu Ning and Gan rode together, followed by several sword-wielding officers, and under the moonlit night, they rushed to Ganjia Village.
In fact, Lu Ning originally wanted Gan Erlang to carry his sister, but Gan Erlang's riding skills were really poor, and now it is even more difficult to walk, and he needs to ride with a servant.
The East China Sea is a place with mountains and seas in the territory, plains, seas, and mountains, as well as rivers and lakes, hills, tidal flats, wetlands, and islands.
When you go to Ganjia Village, there is a hilly area, and you have to bypass the river to cross the river in shallow water, and the horse riding is slow.
More than 30 miles away, more than an hour,
Everyone went around a forest, and saw that under the moonlight, there were more shadows in front of them, and there were torches and lamp balls in the fields, as if two groups of people had gathered, and the noise was faintly audible.
Listen to the noise.
Liu Hanchang was shocked and frightened, didn't care about anything else, and said in a trembling voice: "First, it seems that the local people gathered to make trouble, or went back to the city to recruit the group to practice bomb pressure, right?" ”
Lu Ning coughed, a little distracted, he was extremely tall, even if he sat on a horse, Gan was half a head shorter than him.
Gan's delicate body sat sideways in front of Lu Ning, although her head was twisted forward, but her palace bun was raised high, and when she entered the eye, the soft green silk plate was like a beautiful bun right now, although her jewelry was collected as the Lu family's wealth, and only a wooden hairpin was inserted, but the wooden hairpin bird, insects, flowers and plants were painted very exquisitely, and the cloud hairpin and wooden hairpin were unique.
Under the beautiful bun, the snow-white jade neck is like clotted fat, right in front of Lu Ning's eyes, and even between the jumping horses, sometimes Lu Ning leans forward, and occasionally glimpses the deep ravine that Gan's is tightly wrapped and squeezed by the white man, and it immediately bumps, and the touch with the soft and delicate body is even more wonderful......
"Next?!" Liu Hanchang asked cautiously.
Lu Ning came back to his senses and looked at the villagers gathered in the fields, far away, under the torches of the lampballs, the two sides were afraid that hundreds of strong men had also gathered.
Frowning slightly, Lu Ning said, "Don't be afraid, go over and take a look." ”
But at this moment, he heard the angry scolding in front of him become more intense, and then, the two gangs violently slammed into one piece, each holding a farm tool, tearing and fighting, and soon there was a scream.
Lu Ning frowned slightly, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and the jujube red horse neighed under his crotch and jumped forward.
Gan, looking at the mob in front of her waving farm tools and screaming as if they had all turned into beasts, she only felt that her heart was about to jump out of her throat, she had never experienced such a terrible scene, she only felt that her head was dizzy, as if she was about to fall off her horse at any time.
"Don't be afraid!" Lu Ning's words came from his ears, and then, he heard the sound of the cloth tearing, and his eyes were slightly dark, but his eyes were lightly covered by the strips of cloth, and there was a slight touch behind the head of the mantis, so Lu Ning tied the strips of cloth.
"Little girl's family, don't look at violent pictures!" Lu Ning smiled, although the Gan family has been married for more than a year, in fact, he is very young, and he is only in his eighth year, but he is a young man who runs a family and has the charm of a noblewoman.
The first time he heard someone call him "little girl", Gan was slightly stunned, and then, he felt that the willow waist was gently grabbed, but it was Lu Ning's hand holding the reins and holding her soft and boneless slender waist.
He had never been so close to a man, Gan's delicate body stiffened slightly, and although his eyes were covered with cloth, his pretty face was immediately hot.
I was feeling a little dizzy, and suddenly I heard the roars of these mobs getting closer and closer.
"Don't fight if you stop!" When Lu Ning broke off, Gan Shi felt that his body was like a cloud, but the horses had already galloped, and then he heard a muffled hum.
Gan's Qianqianyu covered her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from exclaiming, although she was blindfolded, the strip of cloth was slightly translucent, and she could see the shadowy mob figures, but those mobs had just appeared in front of her eyes and flew out.
Following behind, Liu Hanchang, Gan Erlang, and several swordsmen who had to chase after the protector at this time were all dumbfounded.
In the short time they had been chasing them closer, they had already been lying on the ground, and they were all knocked down by the lord of the country who snatched a wooden stick.
Several people could see clearly that the lord of the country rushed into the mob like a huge boat into the sea, and the mob immediately flew out on both sides like small waves.
The brave villagers who like to do their hands in the front are already lying on the ground and moaning, and the back ones are not strong-willed, so they naturally retreat far away at this time, and their faces are full of fear.
Of course, far away, there was also Wang Miao, who was standing at the end of the villagers in the village, who was a fat man like a pile of meat, who looked at Lu Ning dumbfounded, but soon, his eyes were attracted by Mrs. Gan who was sitting in the saddle.
The beautiful lady of the saddle, although her eyes are covered by strips of cloth, but the tall and beautiful bun, gorgeous brocade skirt, the beauty is noble, coveted, and with the horse jumping, the small embroidered shoes looming under the green skirt are slightly shaking, and they arouse countless evil thoughts.
"Where are you mobs?! The lord of the country is here, why don't you all come to see him?!"
Liu Hanchang yelled.
In fact, although he is a judicial assistant and should fight on the front line of the judicial front, he has never been to the countryside.
Go to the countryside to investigate the case? Unless there's a lot of oil and water, it's all the business of the officers.
But Wang Miao knew him, but he pretended not to know.
Of course, Gan Erlang knows Wang Miao better, because Wang Miao is a local tyrant and village leader in the Nijiang Estuary, and almost all of the Nijiang Estuary area is the land of Wang Miao.
The land of the Nijiangkou is adjacent to the land of Ganjia Village, and almost every year of spring and autumn sowing, Wang Miao will always order his evil slaves to plough a few more ridges on the adjacent land on both sides of Ganjia Village.
For this reason, the two villages, or, to be exact, Wang Miao, and the villagers of Ganjia Village, often clashed, and there were several armed fights between the two sides.
But every time, it was the villagers of Ganjia Village who were violently beaten by the tenant farmers led by Wang Miao's evil slaves.
Wang Miaocai is powerful, and he is a relative of a person in the state who joined the army, and that king joined the army, and I heard that there is a network of connections to the sky.
Liu Zhicai is extremely jealous of Wang Miao.
Therefore, Ganjia Village has always been in a state of oppression.
Gan Erlang didn't know why the villagers of Ganjia Village gathered so many people this time to fight with Wang Miao's evil servants and tenant farmers.
"What's going on?" Gan Erlang struggled off his horse and walked in the direction of the villagers of Ganjia Village.
Liu Han often yelled "the lord of the country", obviously including Wang Miao, no one understood what he shouted.
Wang Miao just stared at Gan from afar, his face full of salivation.
"Ah, it's the second young master and the eldest lady who are back!" Among the villagers of Ganjia Village, a sturdy man barely got up from the ground and cheered.
He was the first among the villagers of Ganjia Village, and naturally he was also knocked down by Lu Ning with a stick, but Lu Ning didn't use much strength, he struggled to get up, and then saw the person who came, and cheered.
At this time, Lu Ning had already helped Gan Shi off the horse and untied her blindfolded cloth belt.
"Gan Laoqi! What's going on! Gan Erlang slammed into the sturdy man who ran over.
Gan Laoqi took this kick firmly, and pointed angrily in the direction of Wang Miao, "Second young master, it's him, not only spread rumors, saying that the second young master you were imprisoned, and the eldest lady was sent to slavery, but also said that the old lady's family Jin Yang Dan was stolen from him, brought someone to snatch it, and injured the old lady, at that time, the little ones were plowing the fields, and when they came back to hear about it, they were really angry, so they came to reason with them, but he gathered people to beat me and so on!" ”
Gan Erlang's lungs were about to explode when he heard this, Jinyang Dan was the ancestral treasure of their Gan family, refined by the third generation of Wei Tianshi, because the grandfather had helped Wei Tianshi by chance, so he was given the elixir.
This Wang Miao is too much, not only snatching his family heirloom treasure, but also injuring his father?!
However, thinking of the background behind Wang Miao, Gan Erlang gritted his teeth and asked Gan Laoqi: "How is my father?!" ”
"Old lady, I vomited blood, and now I'm bedridden!" Gan Laoqi said, clenching his fists again.
Gan's face was immediately pale, and his body swayed.
Lu Ning frowned slightly and said, "Let's go, let's go see your father first." ”
Over there, Wang Miao's voice suddenly came: "Hey, you're the new county magistrate, right?" ”
Wang Miao heard the villagers over there shouting the eldest lady, and then he knew that this was Liu Yi's wife Gan, who had heard that she was extremely beautiful, and sure enough, it was just that this big beauty rarely showed her head, but today was the first time she saw it.
I heard that today's distant cousin also came to Donghai County to confiscate the property of Liu Yi and other criminal officials, and he also sent someone to send a secret letter, wanting his cousin to introduce him to the new county order, but he never got a reply.
Since he can take Liu Yi's wife and Gan Er around, this young man should be the new county order, but why did he come here? It's really weird.
However, Wang Miao didn't look at a small Donghai County order, so he took two steps and shouted.
"Hey, you're the new prefectural magistrate, right?"
Lu Ning didn't bother to pay attention to this guy, but he didn't want him to rush up and block the way, and he shouted.
Liu Hanchang had already come to Lu Ning's side and said in a low voice: "First, this person's name is Wang Miao, he has always been rampant in the township, relying on the power of Wang Ji, the state judicial army, and there are several of his bloody cases, all of which have been suppressed by Liu Zhicai's traitor, but I can find out the files!" ”
Lu Ning frowned, "Pull away, hit fifty boards first!" ”
"Yes!" Liu Han often responded loudly.
A day ago, Wang Miao, a big tyrant, may be unattainable in his eyes.
But now, he is no longer as good as a dog, because his big backer in the state has lost all his bottoms to the lord of the country today, and it will be impossible to turn over in the future.
The lord of the country doesn't care about the king joining the army, let alone the little landlord in front of him?
"The lord of the country ordered that Wang Miao was rampant and punished with fifty flogging! The rest of the felonies are pending trial! Liu Han often shouted at the top of his voice: "Come on, press me down!" ”
"Damn, Liu Hanchang, are you crazy?!" Wang Miao was dumbfounded, this Liu Hanchang, something like a dog in front of him before, is this crazy?
If you say something yourself, you will be beaten?
What kind of world is this?
Is there still a royal law?!
Is there still justice?!
Four people with knives had already rushed up like wolves, and Wang Miao was furious and shouted: "You guys, you are so bold?!" "Liu Han often said that the lord of the country or something, he had no concept at all, and he misheard it into other words, after all, since the Tang Dynasty, there has been no such thing as sealing the country. The royal family of this dynasty is a feudal country, that is another concept.
He just thinks that these people are crazy, and the world is in chaos!
No torture instruments? Liu Hanchang didn't need Lu Ning to remind him at all, when he saw the bamboo flat shoulders of a certain villager scattered in the fields next to him, he copied them and scolded Wang Miao, "Diao Min, don't lie down with me yet!" ”
"Liu Hanchang, you're crazy! You're crazy! Wang Miao struggled desperately, and was even more depressed and wanted to vomit blood, this, I really ran into a bunch of crazy people!
"Damn, I told you to lie down!" Liu Hanchang kicked Wang Miao's waist with one kick.
Liu Hanchang's kick was full of strength, Wang Miao sighed, staggered two steps, and fell into the mud.
Knocked down by Lu Ning, the evil slaves of the Wang family who were struggling to get up changed their faces, some wanted to move, and some officials had already looked at them, and said coldly: "Those who obstruct the official punishment!" It's a felony! But the rod can be bare! Do you want to be beaten with dozens of canes? Or do you want to be imprisoned for a few years?! ”
According to the law of the Southern Tang Dynasty, beating the board is the minimum punishment, which is the so-called flogging, and if you say the wrong thing, you may get a few boards, and the cane of the cane punishment is not this kind of bamboo slice spanking, dozens of times, it may kill people, if you are sentenced, you will be put in a prison for hard labor, not to mention, hell is general, life is better than death.
The evil slaves were immediately silent.
As soon as Liu Hanchang stretched out his hand, he ripped Wang Miao's belt open, and pulled his pants down, revealing his snow-white big buttocks.
Among the villagers of Ganjia Village, there was immediately laughter.
Gan Laoqi also widened his eyes in surprise, this bully, the previous county master didn't dare to offend, what's wrong? Going to be beaten?
Although Gan Erlang felt relieved, he was a little apprehensive in his heart, he didn't know that Wang Ji and Lu Ning had today's dispute.
Gan Shi had already turned her head, and Lu Ning gently picked her up and got on the horse.
Wang Miao only felt that his buttocks were cold, and then he heard these dirt buns laughing, and instantly understood what was happening, at this moment, the physical torture was far less than the mental torture that made him desperate.
What is the most important thing as a village tyrant? If your face is trampled in the mud, who will be afraid of you in the future?
Liu Hanchang had already picked up the bamboo pole and hit it hard.
There was a "pop" sound, and Wang Miao immediately screamed in pain.
"You wait, wait! ……”
The board crackled, Wang Miao howled, and the roar gradually disappeared.
Flogging, can be heavy or light, the scale is all on the official and the executor, Liu Hanchang did not spare his hand at this time, and used a ruthless wheel to go down, Wang Miao cried and shouted his mother's miserable howl.
Wang Miao had never suffered from flesh and skin, and he was hollowed out by wine, and after more than a dozen boards, he was already paralyzed like mud, moaning, and unable to move.
In Wang Miao's miserable howl, Lu Ning had already pulled the reins, carried Gan in his arms, and rode his horse towards Ganjia Village.